2024 in Denmark


Events in the year 2024 in Denmark.

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Events

January

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March

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August

  • 7 August – The Polish suspect in the attack on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on 7 June is convicted by the Copenhagen District Court and sentenced to four months imprisonment, deportation and a ban from entering Denmark for six years following his release.
  • 25 August – Two German nationals are killed in a dune collapse in Vorupør.
  • 28 August – The government creates three new ministries, including for EU affairs, environmental policy and emergencies management.
  • 29 August – A court in Hillerød rejects a request by India to extradite Niels Holck for his role in the Purulia arms drop case in 1995.

September

  • 10 September – A 21-year-old man is arrested on terrorism charges after being accused of committing arson on a Jewish woman's home in Copenhagen.

October

  • 2 October – Two hand grenades are detonated near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, damaging the terrace of another building and resulting in the arrest of three Swedish nationals.
  • 11 October – Archaeologists announce the discovery of 50 skeletons and other artifacts following a six-month excavation at a Viking-era burial ground outside Åsum.

November

  • 13 November – The Royal House announces an end to the 19th century practice of allowing symbols and labels associated with it to be used by companies, with full implementation expected by 2029.
  • 16 November – Victoria Kjær Theilvig becomes the first Danish person to win the Miss Universe pageant.
  • 18 November – The government approves a plan to convert 10% of the country's agricultural lands to forest, provide 43 billion kroner in compensation for affected farmers, and plant an additional one billion trees.
  • 28 November – A nationwide telecommunications outage occurs following technical difficulties incurred by network provider TDC Net.

December

  • 13 December – British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah is sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment over tax fraud amounting to 9 billion kroner involving multiple Danish firms. The sentence is the longest recorded for a financial crime in Danish history.

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